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Birth Name: Mitsuo Yoshida
Age: 72, born 3 December 1951
Country of origin: 
Japan
Currently Residing In: Japan
Height: 6' 0"
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Mitsuo Yoshida (born December 3, 1951), better known by his stage name Riki Chōshū, is a Korean-Japanese professional wrestler who is most known for his longtime work in New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) as a wrestler and a booker. He is considered one of the most influential wrestlers in Japan in the 1980s and 1990s and known as the first wrestler to popularize the Sasori-Gatame, better known in English as Scorpion Deathlock or Sharpshooter. After Chōshū left New Japan Pro Wrestling in 2002, he formed Fighting World of Japan Pro Wrestling (WJ), which was later known as Riki Pro as he was the main promoter of the promotion. In
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